From 7d5e9a7fbf9214be939fedb44622f2bc87ee502e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Morrissey Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:56:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update windows install documentation --- admin_manual/installation/installation_windows.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/installation_windows.rst b/admin_manual/installation/installation_windows.rst index 85dac62c2..ab7a1c143 100644 --- a/admin_manual/installation/installation_windows.rst +++ b/admin_manual/installation/installation_windows.rst @@ -1,7 +1,18 @@ Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 --------------------------------- -.. note:: You must move the data directory outside of your public root (See advanced install settings) +.. note:: While ownCloud will run in any standard PHP environment, + including IIS or Apache on Windows, there are known issues. + For the basic sync and share capabilities of ownCloud, Windows + web servers (Apache and IIS) will function properly. However, + as apps like external storage are added, particularly SMB mounts, + and non-english characters are used in filenames, some of the known + Windows and IIS/Apache challenges start to appear as bugs. For this + reason, while ownCloud server will run on Windows, is not + recommended at this time. + +.. note:: You must move the data directory outside of your public root (See + advanced install settings) This section describes how to install ownCloud on Windows with :abbr:`IIS (Internet Information Services)`.